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Experience opera in new ways in fun, unique settings with this new special event series! Sponsored by

Reserve a la carte and join us at one or all of these entertaining collaborations.

Opera @ Boxwood Bistro

Tuesday, March 13, 2012

6:30 p.m., Boxwood Bistro, Franklin

$60 per person

Join Nashville Opera’s Young Artists in the intimate setting of this Franklin eatery for an evening of delicious food and song! Opera’s greatest hits will be performed during courses with a western theme, another nod to The Girl of the Golden West.

1st course: Applewood Smoked Bacon Seared Scallops paired with Coppola Pinot Grigio

2nd course: Smoked Beef Brisket Chili or Western Salad with Fresh Greens, Corn, Bacon and a Chipotle Ranch Dressing paired with Coppola Chardonnay

3rd course: 4-oz Filet Oscar with Lump Crab Meat and Hollandaise Sauce and 4-oz Pan-seared Halibut, Smashed Potatoes, Wild Mushroom and Grilled Asparagus paired with Coppola Director's Cut Pinot Noir

4th course: Chocolate Molten Cake with Vanilla Ice Cream paired with Director's Cut Cabernet Sauvignon

Opera @ the Library - An Enchanted Evening

Thursday, May 3, 2012

6:15 - 7:30 p.m., Downtown Public Library

FREE and open to the public

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Who doesn’t like a good love story (and hors d’oeuvres!)? Director of Education and Outreach Stuart Holt investigates an adult perspective of the magic and passion behind fairy tales.

This will be an engrossing fun-filled evening of music and stories, featuring audio and video samples. A sampling of pieces from Nashville Opera’s production of La Cenerentola (Cinderella) will also be featured as well as an exploration of its roots in literature including the many different Cinderella stories from ancient Greece, early China, Europe, and the Far East.

Opera @ Dyer Observatory - Opera on the Mountain

Saturday, June 2, 2012

6 p.m. - Gates open, 7:30 - Concert starts, 9 p.m. - Saturn viewing

$50 table seat

$30 concert seat

$60 per carload for grass seating (limit 6 per car)

$85 Patron Level - includes rooftop concert, wine and dessert!

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This third annual collaboration combines picnicking, an outdoor concert of popular arias and Broadway standards, and the opportunity to gaze at the stars through the observatory’s main telescope. A cast of professional opera singers will perform under a large open-air canopy. A heavenly sell-out each year!

Opera @ The Liff Center - Paint Along Opera!

Thursday, July 12, 2012

6:30, The Noah Liff Opera Center, 3622 Redmon Street, 37209

$45 (includes all supplies and light refreshments)

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Enjoy light refreshments as Artistic Director, John Hoomes discusses the combination of visual and artistic elements that are used to design the set of an opera. A Paint Along Nashville visual artist will lead a painting workshop on canvas using, as inspiration, Nashville Opera’s production of Madama Butterfly. Finished paintings will be displayed at Tennessee Performing Arts Center during Nashville Opera’s Madama Butterfly, October 11 and 13, 2012, then available to take home with the artist. Space is limited.

Opera @ The Frist with the Nashville Symphony

Thursday, September 27, 6:30 p.m., Frist Center auditorium

$8 per person (Members of the Frist, the Symphony, Nashville Opera)

$10 per person (Non-Members)

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Music, Art, and Opera will collide this fall at the Frist! Join the artistic staff of Nashville Symphony, Nashville Opera, and the Frist Center for a panel discussion exploring the cultural make-up of Germany during the early twentieth-century German Expressionist movement which spawned a new style of music, art and theatre. The discussion will include examples of art and vocal/musical excerpts, as well as a live musical performance. Panelists include Trinita Kennedy, John Hoomes, and Andy Campbell.

This panel discussion is a precursor to the Frist Center exhibition, German Expressionism: Masterworks from the Detroit Institute of Arts on view at the Frist Center from October, 19, 2012, through February, 10, 2013.